CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2019-1934 — Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software security vulnerability
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges and execute administrative functions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected device as a low-privileged user and then sending specific HTTPS requests to execute administrative functions using the information retrieved during initial login.
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Published
- 2019-08-07
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-285
Affected products
- cisco / adaptive_security_appliance_software
Matched remediation archetype
Authorization bypass, IDOR, and cross-tenant access
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Check exposure
- Map object and action authorization checks across API, UI, batch, import/export, and background-job paths.
- Identify tenant, ownership, role, and policy boundaries for affected resources and administrative operations.
- Use synthetic fixtures to compare intended access matrices without accessing another user's real data.
Remediate safely
- Enforce server-side authorization at each resource access and state transition using the authenticated principal and trusted tenant context.
- Scope data queries by tenant and ownership; treat client-supplied identifiers, roles, and policy claims as untrusted.
- Add deny-by-default policy tests for horizontal and vertical access across every affected transport.
Authoritative sources
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